# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hubert-maga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:56:18.403Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hubert-maga"
name: "Hubert Maga"
slug: "hubert-maga"
description: "Hubert Coutoucou Maga was a politician from Dahomey. Born a peasant in 1916, Maga served as a schoolmaster from 1936 to 1945, during which time he gradually gained considerable influence among the uneducated. He rose to power despite regionalist politics in Dahomey, and was elected to Dahomey's territorial assembly in 1947 and founded the Northern Ethnical Group, later renamed the Dahomey Democratic Rally. In 1951, Maga was elected to the French National Assembly, where he served in various positions, including premier from 1959 to 1960. When Dahomey gained its independence from France on August 1, 1960, Maga was appointed to the presidency, and was officially elected to that post on December 11."
tagline: "First president of Benin (1916-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hubert_Maga_(cropped)_on_September_24th%2C_1961.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1916-08-10"
deathDate: "2000-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.320145337101332
  historical:           21.900944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump